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Barnes & Noble's CEO, William Lynch, was the first one on stage at today's event and he bragged about how fast their company grew in the digital content space. have just introduced the Nook Tablet which will be battling Amazon's Kindle Fire. The tablet will be available on November 16 for $249 but they believe that they can compete with the Fire. The Nook Tablet packs a 7-inch VividView IPS display with a 1,024 x 600 resolution, a dual-core TI OMAP4 1GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a microSD card slot, WiFi b/g/n support, Netflix / Hulu Plusintegration, cloud storage, and an amazing battery that'll reportedly last 9 hours playing video.

Why will you want to spend the extra $50 on this tablet over the Kindle Fire? Barnes & Noble mentioned a bunch of different points: a better display with better viewing angles, 16GB which is more than the 6GB that the Fire has, more RAM (1GB vs 512MB), a lighter design, and better content rendering. For help on the Nook Tablet you can also go to one of their various (over 700) stores whereas Amazon doesn't have that kind of support. Yeah, they definitely took a swing at Amazon here.

If you're not willing to spend the money then the company has decided to reduce the price of their Nook Color and the touch-enabled Nook which will be referred to as the Nook Simple Touch. They'll be available on the 16th as well for $199 and $99, respectively. They've been working on the Nook Color's software and they're going to be pushing out the biggest update for it in the near future.

[The Verge]

You may have wondered why the first Barnes & Noble Nook dropped in price and it's because they unveiled their new one today! The new Nook from the company features a 6-inch touchscreen display, WiFi-only, an 800MHz TI OMAP3 CPU, Android 2.1, and a 2-month battery life. This is being touted as a "Simple Touch Reader" and it's going to be below the current Nook and the Nook Color in their line-up. Pre-order will be available shortly and it's going to be shipping around the June 10th date.

[TNW]

We already know that a WiFi-only Nook is on the way and it appears to have hit Barnes & Noble's inventory system. Apparently, this could be hitting their stores this Wednesday for $149, so we'll really just have to wait and see. It's less than 3 days away if you're waiting for it though.

Update: A newer post from Engadget has pointed out that there is actually a new listing for the WiFi Nook at Best Buy (here). It's obviously going for $149.99, and you can pre-order it now if you'd like. When it will ship is beyond me, so maybe it's on track for a Wednesday release.

Update: It's now official. Barnes & Noble has just announced it here. They have said that's now available to order on Bestbuy.com and Nook.com. B&N has also decided to cut the price of their 3G model to $199.99.

[Engadget]

If you go on Best Buy's website right now (here), you will notice that the Barnes & Noble Nook is now available for you to purchase for $259.99. This is much cheaper than the $399 Spring Design Alex, which is pretty similar to this e-book reader.

[Engadget]

The Kindle will be hitting Target on April 25th and it looks like Best Buy will be offering the Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader starting on April 18th. Best Buy is starting to stock up on these units as we speak (or type), so this is great news to show off this e-book reader to a few more people.

[Engadget, Gizmodo]

If you're not lucky enough to get your Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader by Christmas Eve then there is still some good news for you. Barnes & Noble has just announced that they'll be giving you a $100 gift card for your troubles. This e-mail should appear in your inbox, so this probably won't be news to you. I'm sure this gift card will make up for your loss.
[Engadget]

If you haven't ordered your Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader then you're out of luck. We're just got a couple of reports that they are already sold out of this e-book reader. Looks like you'll have to wait until early 2010 for more shipments of this thing. If you ordered yours already you should expect it at your doorstep in time for Christmas.

[Engadget]

Barnes & Noble's e-book reader, the Nook, looks like it will be available in stores on November 30th if you believe their spokesperson. If you purchase one online you'll have to wait until December 18th to get it, as you can see in the photo above. It'll cost $260 at launch, so have a bit of money saved up and get it for someone you love this Christmas.

Barnes & Noble has just announced that they will not be shipping their Nook e-book reader on November 30th as expected due to high demands. They are now looking to ship these Android-based e-book readers starting on December 11th. The Nook may not (but I hope it will) trump the Kindle, but it definitely is the better device.

[Crunch Gear]

Barnes & Noble has just made their Nook e-book reader official. Interestingly enough, it's the exact same e-book reader that we saw last week. The Nook has: a 6-inch e-ink display, a smaller 3.5-inch coloured touchscreen display, the Android OS, WiFi, 3G connectivity, a battery that should last around 10 days with the wireless turned off, a 3.5mm headphone jack, 2GB of internal storage, and an SD card slot. Unfortunately, the WiFi will only work in their stores at launch. It looks like the Kindle has some competition. Anyways, it's now available to pre-order for $259 USD right here.

[Engadget]